Goat

Building Our Goat Herd for Meat, Dairy & Fibre

Our goat herd starts at 50 animals and grows to 500 by the end of the year, with roughly 50 goats a month reaching the butcher. Goat meat is consumed widely around the world and is the preferred meat choice during Ramadan, making it a steady, in-demand product for our restaurant and grocery partners.

Goats are one of the most productive animals on the farm — beyond meat, their milk is a popular alternative to cow’s milk, used to make cheese, yogurt, ice cream, and kefir, while their cashmere and mohair fibre goes into clothing and blankets.

Nothing goes to waste: goat hide is tanned into leather, and manure is put back to work on the farm as fertilizer and for natural land management, clearing brush and weeds.

Today, our goat herd supports:

Meat, milk, and cheese products
Cashmere and mohair fibre
Leather and natural fertilizer from hide and manure

This project reflects our belief in raising animals that give back to the farm in more ways than one.

PROJECT CHALLENGES

Scaling the Herd Responsibly

Growing from 50 to 500 goats within a year requires careful, phased planning. We’re expanding gradually, ensuring operational stability and quality control at every stage rather than growing faster than our infrastructure can support.

Managing a Multi-Product Herd

Between meat, dairy, fibre, and hide, goats produce more product categories than almost any other animal on the farm. Prioritizing our most popular offerings while building out processing capacity for the rest is central to how we’re managing this herd.

Few animals on the farm offer this level of versatility, and building the systems to make the most of it is core to CFR Farms’ long-term goat program.